--- name: "Rita Rudner" canonical: "https://film.one/person/rita-rudner" fi1m_id: "rita-rudner" imdb_id: "nm0748852" tmdb_id: 70508 wikidata_id: "Q3433258" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 September 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:54:33.654860+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Rita Rudner ## Identity Rita Rudner - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rita-rudner - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** rita-rudner - **IMDb ID:** nm0748852 - **TMDB ID:** 70508 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3433258 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Rudner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3433258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70508 Actor. Born 17 September 1953 in Miami, Florida, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 September 1953, Miami, Florida, USA - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Rudner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3433258, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70508 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Peter's Friends*](https://film.one/film/peters-friends.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Rita Rudner is an American comedian, actress and writer. She began her career as a dancer, appearing in Broadway productions including *Follies* (1971), *Mack & Mabel* (1974) and *Annie* (circa 1980), before turning to stand-up comedy in the late 1970s. She gained prominence in the 1980s and 1990s through television appearances, including on *The Tonight Show* and HBO specials, as well as a BBC2 series. Rudner co-wrote the screenplay for the 1992 film *Peter's Friends* with her husband Martin Bergman, and played the role of Carol Benson in the film, directed by Kenneth Branagh. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Peter's Friends* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Carol Benson — [page](https://film.one/film/peters-friends.md) ## Complete filmography (21) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Patty Talbot - *Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses* (2018), Writer - *Thanks* (2011), as Bunny - *Love Hurts* (2009), as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp - *Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas* (2008), Writer - *Ask Rita* (2003), series, Writer - *As Told by Ginger* (2000), series, as Mrs. Fleming (voice) - *V.I.P.* (1998), series, as Bidder at Art Auction - *A Weekend in the Country* (1996), as Sally Shelton · Writer - *Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist* (1995), series, as Rita (voice), Additional Writing - *Goldilocks and the Three Bears* (1995), as Ursula - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Margot - *Peter's Friends* (1992), as Carol Benson · Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/peters-friends.md) - *Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild* (1990), Writer - *Rita Rudner* (1990), series, Writer, Creator - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool") - *One Night Stand* (1989), series, Actor - *That's Adequate* (1989), as Frieda Philby - *Gleaming the Cube* (1989), as Mrs. Yabbo - *The Wrong Guys* (1988), as Pam - *Landing on their Feet*, series, Creator ## Gallery - ![Rita Rudner](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-f3e0be76d159.jpg) Rita Rudner — LOL Comedy from Hollywood, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Rita_Rudner.jpg/1280px-Rita_Rudner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rita Rudner in 2011](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-c4a9fde07f30.jpg) Rita Rudner in 2011 — LOL Comedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Rita_Rudner_2011.jpg/1280px-Rita_Rudner_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Oh the love of Stand-Up Comedy (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-4cf1595fc2bc.jpg) Oh the love of Stand-Up Comedy (2011) — LOL Comedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Scott_Montoya%2C_Rita_Rudner%2C_John_Fox%2C_Neal_Marshall_and_Gary.jpg/1280px-Scott_Montoya%2C_Rita_Rudner%2C_John_Fox%2C_Neal_Marshall_and_Gary.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Director Scott Montoya and Producer Neal Marshal congratulating Rita Rudner after the filming of her Showtime special at the California Theatre of The Performin (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-908c5b60f7ab.jpg) Director Scott Montoya and Producer Neal Marshal congratulating Rita Rudner after the filming of her Showtime special at the California Theatre of The Performin (2011) — LOL Comedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Scott_Montoya%2C_Rita_Rudner_and_Neal_Marshall.jpg/1280px-Scott_Montoya%2C_Rita_Rudner_and_Neal_Marshall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rita Rudner](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-653ece8297b5.jpg) Rita Rudner — Image via TMDB - ![Rita Rudner](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-6159907481b5.jpg) Rita Rudner — Image via TMDB - ![Rita Rudner](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-48077cad7dd3.jpg) Rita Rudner — Image via TMDB - ![Rita Rudner](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-ced95d658e11.jpg) Rita Rudner — Image via TMDB - ![Rita Rudner](https://film.one/media/person/81685/gallery-6cc61ae90db1.jpg) Rita Rudner — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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